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If you say "I don't believe in your religion" what group of theists is most likely to stone you? Penn Jillette said that his show Bullshit never took on Islam because they have families. They did lots of shows on Christianity and never had any problems.

I also read that a lot of the dialogue was dubbed in over the actor's voices in post-production, so the actors really didn't know that it was going to turn out the way it did. How do you blame the entire nation of America for that?

I'm sure the instigators over there aren't explaining that. Also, people in most of these countries have become accustomed to authoritarian governments which censor and manage what can be presented and so assume that anything like this must have a government behind it.

Because the U.S. is an easy target to get their followers to rally around. Why would they try to rally their sheep around an evil Iceland or Guatemala? Also, the U.S. is holding things together in the Middle East, whereas they would prefer turmoil leading to the destruction of Israel and the establishment of sharia-run states. In that regard, we are the enemy of the radical Islamists. We represent freedom and free thinking which is anathema to ignorance and oppression.

I guess what I'm saying RMA, is that when we help a country in the Middle East, I would like it to be because the people there deserve our help, and not just because they have oil we want - too much of what America does in the Middle East is governed by the American need for oil, and I just wish that that were off the table.

If one is going to do something positive, it should be done with no thought of return.